Originally Posted by
tripled
Here is the logic about monetizing ivds:
a sr bidder could plan to bid a line with weekends off so he can watch sports. Then he could drop ivds on those days off that he already planned to be off. Then the sr bidder could work more days in his original vacation month than he was forecast to work when vacation bids were awarded. Bidder now works more days, and earns more money, than he would have if he had kept his original vacation days. Sr bidder vacation days are monetized into 2x3day weekends he would have held off anyway.
sr bidder can hold thanksgiving off. Plans to see family. applies IVDS to thanksgiving weekend after November schedule confirms he held thanksgiving off. Sr bidder now is available to fly and earn more money over his quaternary or quinary week off.
fire away, I’m probably missing something.
trip
In both of your scenarios, the pilot has the same number of vacation days, and is ineligible to work on them. They also are subject to the same WS or FAR limits in both months. They are not able to work more in one month simply because they used an IVD. There’s no financial benefit to an IVD when compared with awarded vacation. Monetizing vacation days would be a true sell back where you just get the pay for the days and they never have any effect on your schedule, like what happens when you have unused vacation at the end of the vacation year and it gets paid out.